Re: GPL V3 and Linux

From: Graham Murray
Date: Sat Jan 28 2006 - 15:16:19 EST


Ian Kester-Haney <ikesterhaney@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The GPLv3 would not allow any copyrighted materials under DRM to be
> viewed, one could even argue that protected PDF files might constitute
> DRM and not be allowed under the new GPL.

That is not how I read the GPLv3. The way I read it is that a GPL'd
application cannot be used to *create* the protection, not that it
cannot be used to view or use the protected work.
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